Bombardier fourth-quarter revenue rises on higher business jet deliveries

Feb 12 (Reuters) - Bombardier BBDb.TO on Thursday reported higher fourth-quarter revenue as the Canadian business jet maker delivered more planes during the last three months of 2025.

The Montreal-based company's revenue rose almost 19% to $3.69 billion from a year earlier.

Bombardier has been benefiting from strong demand from affluent buyers as well as tariff-free delivery of its aircraft to the U.S., the world's largest market for private aviation, under the United States-Mexico-Canada trade deal, despite ongoing U.S.–Canada trade friction.

For 2026, the company forecast more than $10 billion in revenue and free cash flow between $600 million and $1 billion. It expects to deliver more than 157 planes during the year.

But the company faces tariff risks, with the USMCA agreement, which U.S. President Donald Trump recently called "irrelevant" for the U.S., set to be reviewed and discussed later this year.

Bloomberg reported on Wednesday that Trump is privately musing about exiting the North American trade pact, injecting further uncertainty about the deal's future into pivotal renegotiations involving the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

Earlier this year, Trump also threatened to decertify Bombardier's large cabin Global jets and slap 50% import tariffs on all Canadian-made aircraft until the country's regulator certified a number of planes produced by U.S. rival Gulfstream.

Bombardier produces its jets in Canada, but also has a defense unit in Wichita, Kansas.

The head of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Tuesday that he expects the issue will be resolved soon, with Transport Canada set to certify Gulfstream jets.

On an adjusted basis, Bombardier posted a quarterly profit of $4.80 per share, compared with $3.01 a year earlier.